Sun was setting, missiles were useless and Phantom pilots weren't quite sure which gun attack setting to use. One of them, Shlomo Egozy eventually used a very unusual weapon for the kill which made ...

Showtime112. The F-4 Phantom Kill by Afterburner: The Strangest Aerial Victory Ever. Posted: April 17, 2025 | Last updated: April 21, 2025. Most air-to-air kills happen with missiles or guns, but ...

The final F-4 Phantom appearance at an airshow while in USAF service occurred during Nellis Air Force Base's Aviation Nation air show, on Nov. 12 and 13. QF-4E 74-1638, piloted by Home ...

In Vietnam, the U.S. Navy used the F-4 for ground attack. First, they tried an F-104. “Not enough wing or thrust,” recalls Jack Petry, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. When NASA engineers ...

Most of his flying was routine, Tek said, but on one mission flying from Kaneohe Bay in late 1984, his F-4 Phantom was on full afterburner when an explosion rocked the jet.

McDonnell Aircraft Corporation’s F-4 Phantom was quickly becoming the do-all fighter by the mid 1960s, able to lug thousands of pounds of bombs on one mission and then strictly air-to-air ...

Like the F-35, the F-4 became the prime aircraft of the air force (which bought three times as many as the navy) and the marines. The Phantom had more than its share of flaws, and detractors to ...